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Society

Is the American Dream Finished?

Ford Foundation President and CEO Darren Walker joins PayPal CEO Dan Schulman to consider the unfinished work of building a more just economy.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Video

10.30.2020
Criminal Law and Justice

Criminal Justice Transformation

In collaboration with the Aspen Criminal Justice Reform Initiative Featuring Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwr ...

BY Criminal Justice Reform Initiative & 1 more

Video

09.16.2020
Criminal Law and Justice

Criminal Justice Transformation

Featuring Anna Deavere Smith, actress, playwright, and founding director of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at New York University, and Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation in conversation with Reverend Vivian Nixon, executive director of College & Community Fellowship and an Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow.

Event

06.10.2020
Racial Equity

A Conversation on Race

Michele Norris talks all things diversity and inclusion – and the danger of colorblindness – at the 2018 Atlantic Festival in Washington, DC.

BY The Bridge

Video

11.30.2018
Racial Equity

Why We Need to Talk About Race

Michele Norris speaks with philanthropists Jeff Raikes and Darren Walker at the 2017 Ideas Festival.

BY Aspen Ideas to Go

Podcast

02.07.2018
Racial Equity

When Color Blindness Renders Me Invisible

Michele Norris, Jeff Raikes, and Darren Walker discuss how color blindness has affected social policy in this country, the philanthropic sector, and their own lives.

BY The Bridge

Blog Post

08.25.2017
Around the Institute

Listen Longer 1/16: North Korea, Guns and Congress, and More

This past week Aspen Institute Radio featured highlights of some of the latest sessions around the Institute, including conversations about North Korea, guns and Congress, civic leadership, and rethinking the meaning of national service.

BY Aspen Institute Staff

Podcast

01.19.2016
Around the Institute

Darren Walker- 2015

Ford Foundation President Darren Walker was presented with the Aspen Institute 2015 Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership.

BY New York Public Programs

Video

12.10.2015
Arts

Arts Summit Recap

The first annual Kennedy Center/Aspen Institute Arts Summit brought together a cross-section of leaders in education, law, technology, music, and entertainment for a series of candid discussions on the role the arts can play in addressing major societal issues.

Blog Post

05.28.2015
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